West Bromwich Albion v Watford, 30 September 2017

Score2-2
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueThe Hawthorns
Attendance24,606

View West Bromwich Albion v Watford head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm West Bromwich Albion had now won one of the last six meetings (all league).

2 West Bromwich Albion

2 Watford

Goals:

Salomón Rondón 18 G
Jonny Evans 21 G

Goals:

Abdoulaye Doucouré 37 G
Richarlison 90 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Foster
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Jonny Evans
Defender Ahmed Hegazi
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Gibbs
Defender/Midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak
Midfielder Gareth Barry
Midfielder Chris Brunt
Midfielder/Forward Matt Phillips
Forward Jay Rodriguez
Forward Salomón Rondón

Starting lineup:

Heurelho Gomes Goalkeeper
José Holebas Defender
Christian Kabasele Defender
Adrian Mariappa Defender
Kiko Femenía Defender/Midfielder
Etienne Capoue Midfielder
Tom Cleverley Midfielder
Abdoulaye Doucouré Midfielder
André Carrillo Midfielder/Forward
Richarlison Midfielder/Forward
Troy Deeney Forward

Substitutions:

James McClean for Matt Phillips 58
Jake Livermore for Chris Brunt 62
Hal Robson-Kanu for Salomón Rondón 73

Substitutions:

Roberto Pereyra for Etienne Capoue 62
Andre Gray for André Carrillo 75

Cards:

Jake Livermore 87 Y
Jonny Evans 88 Y
James McClean 90 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Boaz Myhill
Defender Allan Nyom
Defender/Midfielder Jake Livermore
Defender/Midfielder/Forward James McClean
Midfielder Nacer Chadli
Midfielder James Morrison
Forward Hal Robson-Kanu

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis
Defender Miguel Britos
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Midfielder Will Hughes
Midfielder Roberto Pereyra
Midfielder Ben Watson
Forward Andre Gray

Comments:

League position: 10th Salomon Rondon scored a Premier League goal at The Hawthorns for the first time since 14 December 2016 (in a hat-trick against Swansea City), so ending a run of 13 home Premier League appearances without a goal. West Bromwich Albion had now gone 40 Premier League games without being awarded a penalty; the longest current such run in the competition. The Baggies had now taken three points from their last five games in the Premier League. West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis said: "We worked very hard on defending set-plays, and the lads have done brilliantly today. The amount of balls Watford get in the box, long throws, they play long angled passes, they do really load it up. With Andre Gray on at the end, they are physically strong but I thought we coped really well. I don't think Ben Foster had a shot to save really."

Comments:

League position: 5th Abdoulaye Doucoure had now scored three goals in seven Premier League appearances for Watford so far in this season. The only top division campaign when he had scored more was in 2013-14 (six in 20 games) for Rennes in Ligue 1. Watford failed in their attempt to win their first four away games in a league season for the third time in their history (also 1978 in League Division Three and 1996 in League Division 2). After losing their last six games of the 2016-17 season, the Hornets had now lost one of their seven Premier League games so far in 2017-18 (won three). Watford manager Marco Silva said: "It’s great spirit and it’s a great result. After 2-0 it looks a very, very good result, but I think everybody that was in the stadium and watching the game on TV will believe our team deserved to take a good result this afternoon. I think we started well. Some moments we were too slow but we came here to play our game."

2 West Bromwich Albion

Goals:

Salomón Rondón 18 G
Jonny Evans 21 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Foster
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Jonny Evans
Defender Ahmed Hegazi
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Gibbs
Defender/Midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak
Midfielder Gareth Barry
Midfielder Chris Brunt
Midfielder/Forward Matt Phillips
Forward Jay Rodriguez
Forward Salomón Rondón

Substitutions:

James McClean for Matt Phillips 58
Jake Livermore for Chris Brunt 62
Hal Robson-Kanu for Salomón Rondón 73

Cards:

Jake Livermore 87 Y
Jonny Evans 88 Y
James McClean 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Boaz Myhill
Defender Allan Nyom
Defender/Midfielder Jake Livermore
Defender/Midfielder/Forward James McClean
Midfielder Nacer Chadli
Midfielder James Morrison
Forward Hal Robson-Kanu

Comments:

League position: 10th Salomon Rondon scored a Premier League goal at The Hawthorns for the first time since 14 December 2016 (in a hat-trick against Swansea City), so ending a run of 13 home Premier League appearances without a goal. West Bromwich Albion had now gone 40 Premier League games without being awarded a penalty; the longest current such run in the competition. The Baggies had now taken three points from their last five games in the Premier League. West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis said: "We worked very hard on defending set-plays, and the lads have done brilliantly today. The amount of balls Watford get in the box, long throws, they play long angled passes, they do really load it up. With Andre Gray on at the end, they are physically strong but I thought we coped really well. I don't think Ben Foster had a shot to save really."

2 Watford

Goals:

Abdoulaye Doucouré 37 G
Richarlison 90 G

Starting lineup:

Heurelho Gomes Goalkeeper
José Holebas Defender
Christian Kabasele Defender
Adrian Mariappa Defender
Kiko Femenía Defender/Midfielder
Etienne Capoue Midfielder
Tom Cleverley Midfielder
Abdoulaye Doucouré Midfielder
André Carrillo Midfielder/Forward
Richarlison Midfielder/Forward
Troy Deeney Forward

Substitutions:

Roberto Pereyra for Etienne Capoue 62
Andre Gray for André Carrillo 75

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis
Defender Miguel Britos
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Midfielder Will Hughes
Midfielder Roberto Pereyra
Midfielder Ben Watson
Forward Andre Gray

Comments:

League position: 5th Abdoulaye Doucoure had now scored three goals in seven Premier League appearances for Watford so far in this season. The only top division campaign when he had scored more was in 2013-14 (six in 20 games) for Rennes in Ligue 1. Watford failed in their attempt to win their first four away games in a league season for the third time in their history (also 1978 in League Division Three and 1996 in League Division 2). After losing their last six games of the 2016-17 season, the Hornets had now lost one of their seven Premier League games so far in 2017-18 (won three). Watford manager Marco Silva said: "It’s great spirit and it’s a great result. After 2-0 it looks a very, very good result, but I think everybody that was in the stadium and watching the game on TV will believe our team deserved to take a good result this afternoon. I think we started well. Some moments we were too slow but we came here to play our game."